§ Lord Hoyleasked Her Majesty's Government:
- (a) how many pensioners in Warrington are on the minimum income guarantee;
- (b) how many pensioner households in Warrington receive the winter fuel allowance;
- (c) how many pensioners in Warrington aged over 75 receive a free television licence; and
WA 22 - (d) what is the total cost of all the above including the cost of the state pension, paid to people in Warrington. [HL5267]
§ Baroness Hollis of HeighamAs at February 2002 there were 5,100 people in receipt of the minimum income guarantee in Warrington.
Thirty-four thousand nine hundred people living in Warrington received a winter fuel payment for last winter (2001–02).
We estimate that 12,400 people in Warrington were aged over 75 and eligible to receive a free TV licence.
The costs for the state pension, the minimum income guarantee and winter fuel allowances for pensioners living in the Warrington local authority area is estimated to be £148 million a year. Data are not available on the cost of free TV licences issued in geographical areas.
Notes
- 1. Caseload figures which relate to the Warrington local authority area are rounded to the nearest 100 and are based on a 5 per cent sample and therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation.
- 2. Case is allocated to each local authority by matching the postcode against the relevant Office of National Statistics postcode directory.
- 3. Costs are rounded to the nearest million.
Sources
Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiry, February 2002.
Matching Intelligence Data Analysis Service Winter Fuels Payment 2001–02 exercise 100 per cent data.
Client group analysis of the population over state pension age at November 2001.